Terri, seeing as you have raised the subject, how is it even remotely viable that after so many American celebrities and politicians have been sacked or forced to resign over claims of sexual harassment, and yet Trump, who bragged about his own blatant contemptible behavior with women, is still the President of the United States? I can see that the GOP wants to hang on to power at any cost, but at what point does their ever decreasing credibility make their position no longer tenable? 
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Careful Gene, it looks as if someone here has had a sense of humour bye-pass and is censoring via the moderation console and we all know how controversial Batman is
. Sad about Al Franken though. I still like him, really he did nothing more than play out a Benny Hill sketch. Offensive maybe, career destroying certainly not!
When Ged started posting here I gave him a heads up on some of the forum regulars, and I told him not to mess with Terri because she'd tear him up for loo roll (the usual wording is a bit more crass). So if you'd been 'that lady' and had opened your eyes to find Al Franken being 'a lad', I strongly suspect you'd have kicked him in the nuts, and said 'Sorry Al. That was my Tourettes playing up. Feck! Feck!'.
You make me sound like a real 'ballbreaker' Mr Dennis, with friends like you who needs enemies 
It made my hubby laugh though and you're right Al would probably not have had any more children if he treated me like a Hill's Angel. I must put Ged straight, I'm a real pussycat really.
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I'd like to say a whole lot but alas, I'm just an uneducated, poverty stricken white trash less than human living in a god-forsaken third world country called the Divided States of America. Come on give me a break will ya.
I thought you were a Brit Cactus.
This puts me in mint of the UK when Maggie Thatcher was setting people at each other's throats and making it OK to be selfish. It was a bad time, and there were a LOT of these bumper stickers around.
Maggie eventually got dementia, as did Labour PM Harold Wilson and US President Ronald Reagan. Meanwhile, Edward Heath was apparently getting away with similar behaviour to Jimmy Sevile, Max Clifford (who died in jail this week) and Rolf Harrison. I don't know about the last two names, but a lot of people have said that it was well known that Jimmy Savile was a wrong-un, and with some one who had round the clock close protection, you'd have suspect that Ed Heath was allowed to get away with it because of the embarrassment it would cause. His name certainly didn't come up in Operation Yewtree, although a lot of other very high profile names did.
Does anyone else see a parallel here with Donald Trump being allowed to get away with despicable behaviour, and the growing list of names that have come to light since the outing of Harvey Weinstein made it OK for dozens of women, and some men, to come forward and name lots of high profile names who are _not_ being allowed to get away with it.
And that's why it is not OK to say 'Give me a break'. Remember, a lot of the contributors to this thread are not American, but they are still driven to strong feelings because it affects us all. At least all those millions of people in South Korea won't have to worry if things kick off, because they'll all be dead!
Although there is a lot of truth in the adage.
I would not be surprised if a certain number of Republicans decided to stay out of this. There's point where some things are deal-breakers with some party loyalists.
"Roy Moore banned from National Mall." is how it was summed up in one headline. 
I don't know what to make about Doug Jone's victory over Roy Moore. It seems at least as likely to be a backlash against his alleged interest in young girls, as the people turning against The Donald. Perhaps Neil Young will write a new version of his Alabama song. 
What hit me like a ton of bricks today, was this article on Politico , that says the US Department of Justice is quietly working to undermine Robert Muellerās Russia probe. I've lost track of what Jeff Sessions has been up to recently, but he is still the AG and a surrogate of Trump, and you can imagine him flat out politicizing the department that should be the most apolitical. I suppose I am being completely naive by making that statement, but I expect better from America. On the other hand, Jeff Sessions is from Alabama, and it was his recusal that led to Mueller taking over the Russia investigation. This Week magazine is now saying that Sessions appointment as AG could be the very thing that brings down The Crown Prince of Politweets. By heck this is complicated. 
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